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A gas tank on a car holds 16 gallons of gasoline and can travel 480 miles on a full tank. How many miles can the car travel using 9 gallons of gas?

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Answer:270 miles

Explanation:

You would devide the max miles by the max tank holding and then use that awnser and multiply it by the gallons you are trying to find

A gas tank on a car holds 16 gallons of gasoline and can travel 480 miles on a full-example-1
User Coz
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16 gal... 480 mi
1 gal... 480/16 = 30 mi
9 gal.. 30*9 = 270 mi

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